First and foremost, a huge "Thank you!" to all of you that gave us your thoughts and feelings on the beta level of Axle. We cannot express how extraordinarily helpful your feedback has been and we have spent the last few months incorporating your insightful critiques, thoughts, and comments into Axle to make it the best game it can be. We were thrilled to see that there was such an astoundingly positive response to the game so far--thank you for your kind words and continued support. It is truly motivating and encouraging to hear that you are enjoying Axle!

If you still have anything you would like to share on the Axle beta, please send it our way! Every bit of feedback helps us bring you a better game! Once again, you can fill out this form, or send an email to support@fallstreakstudio.com with your thoughts on the beta!

Recently, in the land of game design we have:

Designed more levels, including a train and a power station. We're getting very close to having the first draft of all of our levels done; we only have a few more left! Once we have everything in we will go through a phase of testing and revising, but we are getting close!

Finished the store user interface. We are now working to make sure that all the cool powerups and other accessories you can buy there with your watts work in the game.

Our amazing composer, Adam, finished our music for the factory world. He's also put together a first draft for the Estate world. As usual, it is stuck in everyone's head on the Axle team!

We are just about done with our system that allows you to share scores with friends!

Rewards:We've got some fun new things on the reward front as well. By now we have received our first phase of rewards from their various manufacturers (all the items that are not game-content dependent, like the soundtrack and art book. We'll be sending those out later, don't fear!) and are preparing a packaging party this weekend to send them all to you! We've also started getting in some of the fun higher tier items together.

Here is the custom Axle fabric print that will be going into our Axle ties and bow ties.

And here is our first Axle plushie! We'll be making a few more of these guys.

Here on the Axle team we have hugged many plushies and we are happy to announce that this is probably one of the most hug-able plushies ever.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email us at support@fallstreakstudio.com or visit us on Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr.